Revisiting the Poetic Edda.

Bringing alive the dramatic poems of Old Norse heroic legend, this new collection offers accessible, ground-breaking and inspiring essays which introduce and analyse the exciting legends of the two doomed Helgis and their valkyrie lovers; the dragon-slayer Sigurðr; Brynhildr the implacable shield-ma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Acker, Paul, 1952-
Otros Autores: Larrington, Carolyne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Temas:
Edda Sæmundar.
Edda Sæmundar
Eddas > History and criticism.
Old Norse poetry > History and criticism.
Legends > Scandinavia.
Mythology, Norse, in literature.
Eddas > Histoire et critique.
Poésie vieux norroise > Histoire et critique.
Légendes > Scandinavie.
Mythologie nordique dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
Eddas
Legends
Mythology, Norse, in literature
Old Norse poetry
Scandinavia
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Bringing alive the dramatic poems of Old Norse heroic legend, this new collection offers accessible, ground-breaking and inspiring essays which introduce and analyse the exciting legends of the two doomed Helgis and their valkyrie lovers; the dragon-slayer Sigurðr; Brynhildr the implacable shield-maiden; tragic Guðrún and her children; Attila the Hun (from a Norse perspective!); and greedy King Fróði, whose name lives on in Tolkien's Frodo. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the poems for students, taking a number of fresh, theoretically-sophisticated and productive ap.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (295 pages)
ISBN:9781136227875
1136227873

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